Match.



GJGALY.

MATCH.

APPLIOATI'ON FILED MAE. 26, 1908.

914,264. Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it knownthat l, GASTON' GALY, a citizen of the'Republic of France, residing, at Bois Colombes, France, have. invented certain new and useful improvements in Matches, of which the following is a specification.' I The present invention has'reference to iiny proveniente in matches, and relatesmoi'e esi0 pecially' to 'a substitute for the well known `'wooden match, andthe object o'f the inven- 'tionis to provide such a substitute, which will more easily ignite, more readily keep burning, will take up less space, and is censiderably lighterthan'the ordinary wooden match. As a further advantage, the im- 2 proved match can be 'used without any spes' f combustible mixture and the friction mass cial .friction surface, such as the surface of the match safe, house wall or othersuitablesur` 20. face, inasmuch as the combustible com osi e l'clamped in tion as well as 'the friction surface are oth provided on le'ach match, and the: matches;

" of a sleeve k or the like, and

readily ignite upon being Withdrawn off the V package or from the boX containing them. 2 5 ln ordento make the invention more readily understood, I will now describe it with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which f liigure 1- shows\a` planview. of one form. of my improved match, Fig. 1a is an edge view thereof, Fig. 2 is an' edge view of a number of such matches or ignitionfstrips, overlapping `"one'another to form a bundle, Fig. 3 is a on- Uitudinal s 'ection through a .box containing a i .bundle of matches.. Fig. 3 is'a side View of the `r eceptacle. .Fig; .4 is a cross section Ithrough a. mod1lication.

Th'e stripa; of suitable material, forinstance touglh'paper orl the like, is impregnated 40 with para I i or some'other flame aiding medium and carries at one end' the combustible composition and at the other end the friction mass c. If new the stri is bent back vupon itself and the e'iid b is-ru bed overthe end c,

the com'osi'tion will readily ignite and the match is ighted. Todo this automaticallyin a convenient m'anner, a number of such strips are folded into oneanother,l as illustrated 1n Fig. 2, and a package or bundle is formed.

ln'this bundle, the end c of each strip forms 'the friction surface for the end b ofthe prev 'cedingstri If now the strip 1, at-its free end dis being pulled out, its composition end b will be ignited by coming into contact "with" Specification of 4giettens atnt.

retained March 2, 1909.

Serial No, 423,334.

the friction end e of the strip 2, and so on wit.. each following match 3,4, 5, 6. In order to insure the i nition, the bundle should be compressed in t e direction of the arrows, which can be done either by finger pressure or mechanically, as for instance in a suitably shaped ca'se m, by means ofsprings c acting on a false bottom a. The strip, just before issuing from this box, passes between guidesprings f The friction between each two strips is greatenough to also pull the end of the succeeding strip through the opening o -in the coverl of the box every time a match is being pulled out, similar to the operation of i the Well known toiletpaper dispensing ,de

vice.

In the'modiiication shown in Fig. 4, the

are. provided on separate strips, and the strips 7L containing the friction mass-1 are suitable manner at one end and held compressed at vthe other end by means the-strips i, with the vcomposition b are interposed between each two strips. 'i For obtaining special light effects with these matches, the latter may be coated with Bengal fire com osition. or the like in any desired colorcom inations. y

`What l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentisf 1. A plurality of superposed flexible match strips, each provided on 'the same side and at' opposite-ends respectively with a combusti-f ble composition and a friction surface, each strip being'bent into U-shape and having'one of its legs between the .legs of -an adjacent similarly bent strip-'1 2. Aplurality ofsuperposed flexible match strips, each provided on the same sidev and at opposite ends respectively with a combustib e'composition and a. friction surface, each strip being bent into U-shape, with the composition and friction surface.. on the inside, the lower leg of the upper stripand the upper leg of the thirdstrip being inclosedbetween the leg f the second strip, substantially as described.l f

In testimony whereof I aiiix'my signature in presence of twovwitriesses.

'GASTON GALY. 

